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WorksheetsEXAM - Their Eyes Were Watching God - Chapters 1-15
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When Nanny says "[y]ou don't even know where harm is at", what does this show about Janie's character?
a)
She is worldly.
b)
She is ignorant.
c)
Nothing. It shows that Nanny is close to death.
d)
She is naive.
2.
According to Chapter 1, "women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget." What, then, is the truth?
a)
Desire
b)
The Dream
c)
Love
d)
The Journey
3.
Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank:
The _________________ of the STEM club resulted in a lack of students interested in engineering.
The _________________ of the STEM club resulted in a lack of students interested in engineering.
a)
beglamored
b)
sanctum
c)
dissolution
d)
desecrating
4.
Choose the correct vocabulary word for the blank:
The _______________ behavior of certain dogs causes people to fear them.
The _______________ behavior of certain dogs causes people to fear them.
a)
resignation
b)
pugnacious
c)
dialated
d)
sodden
5.
What does the following quotation suggest is wrong with Janie's and Joe's relationship?
"Ah often wonder how dat lit wife uh hisn makes out wid him, 'cause he's uh man dat changes everything, but nothin' don't change him."
"Ah often wonder how dat lit wife uh hisn makes out wid him, 'cause he's uh man dat changes everything, but nothin' don't change him."
a)
Joe thinks that Janie is cheating on him, but won't change his schedule to spy on her and find out.
b)
Joe changes everything in the house without giving Janie a chance to give her opinion.
c)
Joe thinks of his wife as a possession under his control. He doesn't think she has anything to contribute to his plans.
d)
Janie has big dreams of running away and leaving Joe behind, but Joe has found out and will not allow Janie to be out of his sight.
6.
What does the following quote mean in regards to Joe Starks:
"But any man who walks in the way of power and property is bound to meet hate."
"But any man who walks in the way of power and property is bound to meet hate."
a)
The people hate to see Joe leave because of everything he has done for their town.
b)
The people hate that they didn't think of all of the ideas for the town before Joe did.
c)
No one in the town can stand up against Joe because of his dominating personality. Yet, they come to resent his authority.
d)
The people of the town hate on Joe because he has the biggest, prettiest home and owns the store.
7.
Why does Janie go home after the town meeting "feeling cold?"
a)
When the men ask her to make a speech, Joe doesn't let her speak. Joe doesn't acknowledge her as a real person with feelings and opinions.
b)
When the men ask her to make a speech, she does so. However, she stutters and stumbles over her words and the crowd laughs at her.
c)
Janie is too embarrassed to make the speech.
d)
Janie doesn't make the speech, but lies and says she will speak at the next function.
8.
What happens when the townspeople ask Janie to make a speech as the newly elected mayor's wife?
a)
She does so well that her speech receives more compliments than her husband's speech.
b)
She starts to talk but gets nervous and stutters, eventually making a graceless exit.
c)
Her husband steps in and says that his wife isn't a speech-making sort of woman.
d)
She refuses.
9.
Hurston spends a lot of time describing the goings-on that occur in the space in front of a building—whether that space is a porch or the store front. Which of the following is not an accurate statement regarding that space?
a)
Town members exchange news, gossip, and other pleasantries in front of the store and on porches.
b)
The storefront and porches are community meeting places.
c)
Porches and storefronts provide a space for practicing and celebrating the oral nature of a traditional southern community like the one in Eatonville.
d)
Women dominate what occurs on porches and in front of the store.
10.
What does Janie lecture about when she finally interjects into a conversation of men?
a)
She confronts Joe about his insensitivity to her and her opinions.
b)
Janie tells the men that they ought to get busy doing something productive rather than just sit around stirring up trouble.
c)
She speaks up specifically in defense of Mrs. Tony, telling the men that they have no business making fun of her.
d)
Janie tells the men two things: that men don't know half of what they think they know about women and that they ought to be ashamed of themselves for acting so mighty and great when their only competition is women (who are not supposed to stand up to the men)
11.
What does Janie do to cope with her feelings of being trapped in a meaningless life and marriage?
a)
She reads a lot as a way of escaping into an imaginary world.
b)
She cheats on her husband, Joe.
c)
She becomes bitter and argumentative.
d)
She pretends to watch herself from a distance—for example, her spirit or imagination will go sit under a tree while her body remains in the store.
12.
Why is Joe so preoccupied with calling Janie old?
a)
It's a sort of coping mechanism: Joe knows that he's getting old, so he wants project that age on her (especially because she's still youthful and beautiful).
b)
Joe is still jealous of other men looking at Janie, so he figures that if he makes her seem old and ugly, they'll stop.
c)
Joe has become mean. He knows that Janie is self-conscious, so this is a way to hurt her.
d)
Joe wants to crush the spirit out of her.
13.
What one incident is the tipping point in Joe's and Janie's relationship? In other words, what is the one moment that seems to have revealed how empty their marriage has become?
a)
Joe's refusal to allow Janie to attend the mule's funeral
b)
Joe's decision to accept help from others but not from Janie
c)
The fact that Janie and Joe now sleep in separate rooms
d)
Janie's decision to stand up for herself in the store when an audience is present—her response to Joe's criticism of her looks and age basically reveals that Joe is not the man he pretends to be
14.
What event in Janie's marriage convinces her that Joe isn't the wonderful man she thought she was marrying?
a)
Joe slaps her around the kitchen because the dinner she cooks for him isn't good.
b)
Joe is angry that Janie wanted to save the mule.
c)
Janie does not keep the house tidy.
d)
Joe slapped Janie for trying to make a large purchase without him.
15.
What does Janie tell her husband just before he dies?
a)
She wants him to know that he isn't the man she runs down the road with.
b)
He is a man who wants to hear only his own voice.
c)
He is going to die and there is not hope of recovery.
d)
Janie tells him everything that is in the other answer choices.
16.
The woman was ______________ herself before the judge because she did not want to be convicted and sent to prison.
a)
commiserating
b)
fractious
c)
ostentatiously
d)
prostrating
17.
The supervisor of Walmart walked out in high _______________ because the employees broke some expensive merchandise.
a)
bridled
b)
fractious
c)
dudgeon
d)
ponderous
18.
When Jody began insulting Janie about her age, who did he compare her to in Chapter 7?
a)
Eve
b)
Phoebe
c)
Mrs. Turner
d)
Methusala
19.
How long did Joe wait to seek "real" medical attention from a "real" doctor?
a)
6 months
b)
1 year
c)
2 years
d)
3 weeks
20.
"So Janie began to think of Death. Death, that strange being with the huge square toes who lived way in the West."
What literary element is "Death"?
What literary element is "Death"?
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Antithesis
c)
Personification
d)
Anaphora
21.
One of the most powerful metaphors in the novel is the blossoming pear tree, which symbolizes
a)
Janie's emerging womanhood
b)
Janie's growing strength and subsequent freedom
c)
Janie's lifelong search for happiness
d)
Nanny's om
22.
The story is told in the context of which literary structure?
a)
Drama
b)
Frame Narrative
c)
Autobiographical Narrative
d)
Personal Essay
23.
The porch sitters gossiping about Janie represent in the beginning of the novel represent ____________________.
a)
everyday people
b)
judgment
c)
her neighbors
d)
concern
24.
Why does Janie compare Tea Cake to the pear tree in the following quotation?
"He could be a bee to a blossom-a pear tree blossom in the spring."
"He could be a bee to a blossom-a pear tree blossom in the spring."
a)
The pear tree is a symbol for romantic love in this story. Janie compares Tea Cake to the pear tree because she is in love with him.
b)
The pear tree symbolizes trust and Janie trust Tea Cake enough to spend time with him.
c)
The pear tree symbolizes growth. When Janie spends time with Tea Cake it is a happy time.
d)
The pear tree symbolizes Janie freedom from Joe Starks.
25.
What does Janie mean when she says, "Ah done lived Grandma's way, now Ah means tuh live mine"?
a)
To her grandmother, sitting on the porch and doing nothing like the white people she served is the ideal life. Janie tried it and doesn't like it.
b)
To her grandmother, getting married to someone who can take care of you is proper and the best way to live. Janie wants to continue this life.
c)
Janie loves her grandmother very much and likes her ideals about life.
d)
Janie is not sure of the best way of life, but she thinks about it often.
26.
He ________________ for weeks, hoping the problem would simply go away on its own.
a)
seimitars
b)
abyssed
c)
excrutiating
d)
temporized
27.
What does this quote say about Tea Cake?
"Ah no need no assistance tuh help me feed mah woman. From now on, you gointuh eat whutever mah money can buy yuh and wear de same. When Ah ain’t got nothin’ you don’t git nothin’."
"Ah no need no assistance tuh help me feed mah woman. From now on, you gointuh eat whutever mah money can buy yuh and wear de same. When Ah ain’t got nothin’ you don’t git nothin’."
a)
His pride leads to him wanting to provide for Janie
b)
He doesn't believe Janie can work
c)
He thinks Janie's place is in the home while he works
d)
His anger at losing Janie's money made him want to keep Janie to his level of poverty
28.
What does the following quote say about Janie's attitude?
"Dis ain't no business proposition, and no race after property and titles. Dis is uh love game. Ah done lived Grandma's way, now Ah means tuh live mine."
"Dis ain't no business proposition, and no race after property and titles. Dis is uh love game. Ah done lived Grandma's way, now Ah means tuh live mine."
a)
She is her own woman now.
b)
She wants to go back to Logan.
c)
She appreciates Nanny's influence on her.
d)
It said nothing about her.
29.
What was Tea Cake very skilled in?
a)
Playing Chess
b)
Gambling
c)
Playing piano
d)
All of the above
30.
Why did Janie go to work in the fields?
a)
Tea Cake made her because he thought they should both provide.
b)
Tea cake asked her to because he was lonely without her.
c)
Janie missed working at the store and figured this was close enough.
d)
Janie loved the smell of freshly harvested beans.
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